A helicopter that was carrying offshore personnel for India’s state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) crashed into the Arabian Sea on June 28th on its final approach to the rig Sagar Kiran (IMO 8762549), killing four people. The helicopter had a total of nine people on board, including two...
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Fishing boat Pacific Sounder (IMO 7005877) ran aground on the western shore of Unimak Island between Unalaska and the Alaska Peninsula during the morning of June 17th, with four crew members on board. The vessel issued a mayday call at 10.43 a.m. The Polar Sea headed to the scene and found the crew...
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Fairness, transparency and cooperation are the main drivers in a collaborative project by the International Salvage Union and the P&I Clubs to work with the independent shipowners’, charterers’ shipbrokers’ and agents’ association Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) to update industry-standard wreck removal agreements, BIMCO has said. BIMCO said that the initiative to update the…
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An oil spill occurred on June 17th from offshore processing ship Montara Ventur (IMO 8714982) at the Jadestone’s Montara field during a crude oil transfer between two tanks on the FPSO, forcing the company to shut down the production from the offshore field. Oil was observed on the surface of the...
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Norwegian Cruise Line has decided to curtail one of its cruises after the Norwegian Sun (IMO 9218131) hit ice over the weekend of June 25th/26th while travelling in Alaska. The vessel suffered unspecified damages that have forced the ship to skip ports on its current cruise and to cancel its next...
At least 13 people died and more than 250 were injured after a container of chlorine gas fell from a crane cable onto the deck of cargo ship Forest 6 (IMO 9947354). The container exploded, spreading a cloud of chlorine gas over a considerable distance. The container, carrying 25 tonnes of chlorine,...
In its investigation into the capsize and sinking of the fishing vessel Joanna C (BM 265) with the loss of two lives, 5nm south of Newhaven, England on November 21st 2020, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) concluded that the Joanna C capsized because of insufficient stability to...
Towing vessel Proassist III was transiting the Caribbean Sea on December 24th 2020, some three miles off the coast, near Puerto Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, when its stern compartments began flooding. The three crewmembers aboard attempted to pump out the water but were unsuccessful and subsequently...
A senior official of the company which operated the tugboat escorting the Jumbo Kingdom floating restaurant out of Hong Kong to an unspecified destination has insisted that the capsizing/sinking of the vessel was “an accident without any foul play involved” Yoon Ju-dong rejected claims that the...
The Indian Coast Guard deployed six vessels and two Dornier aircraft in its effort to check marine pollution from submerged cargo ship Princess Miral (IMO 9016727), which sank on June 23rd. The ICD was mapping and combating oil spill in the area. Two vessels from local resource agencies were also...
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